The composition of saturn's rings

KE Miller, G Filacchione, JN Cuzzi, PD Nicholson… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
The origin and evolution of Saturn's rings is critical to understanding the Saturnian system as
a whole. Here, we discuss the physical and chemical composition of the rings, as a …

Saturn's atmosphere in northern summer revealed by JWST/MIRI

LN Fletcher, ORT King, J Harkett… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Saturn's northern summertime hemisphere was mapped by JWST/Mid‐Infrared Instrument
(4.9–27.9 µm) in November 2022, tracing the seasonal evolution of temperatures, aerosols …

Saturn's atmospheric response to the large influx of ring material inferred from Cassini INMS measurements

JI Moses, ZL Brown, TT Koskinen, LN Fletcher… - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Grand Finale stage of the Cassini mission, organic-rich ring material was
discovered to be flowing into Saturn's equatorial upper atmosphere at a surprisingly large …

Titan Atmospheric Chemistry Revealed by Low-Temperature N2–CH4 Plasma Discharge Experiments

C He, J Serigano, SM Horst, M Radke… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chemistry in Titan's N2–CH4 atmosphere produces complex organic aerosols. The
chemical processes and the resulting organic compounds are still far from understood …

Iron depletion in mineral dust grains from Saturn's main rings

S Linti, F Postberg, HW Hsu, JK Hillier… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT During the Grand Finale orbits, Cassini's Cosmic Dust Analyzer (CDA) recorded
in situ mass spectra of ice and mineral nanodust grains ejected from Saturn's main rings …

Reanalysis of the Huygens GCMS dataset-I. High-resolution methane vertical profile in the atmosphere of Titan

T Gautier, J Serigano, K Das, M Coutelier… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. More than 15 years after its landing on the surface of Titan, the data returned by the
Huygens probe remain the only available in situ information on Titan's lower atmosphere …

The Enigmatic Abundance of Atomic Hydrogen in Saturn's Upper Atmosphere

L Ben-Jaffel, JI Moses, RA West, KM Aye… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A planet's Lyα emission is sensitive to its thermospheric structure. Here we report joint
Hubble Space Telescope and Cassini cross-calibration observations of the Saturn Lyα …

Seasonal Variation of Saturn's Lyα Brightness

P Stephenson, TT Koskinen, Z Brown… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We examine Saturn's nonauroral (dayglow) emissions at Lyα observed by the
Cassini/Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) instrument from 2003 until 2017, to …

Reactivity of the Ethenium Cation (C2H5+) with Ethyne (C2H2): A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study

V Richardson, M Polášek, C Romanzin, P Tosi… - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
The gas-phase reaction between the ethyl cation (C2H5+) and ethyne (C2H2) is re-
investigated by measuring absolute reactive cross sections (CSs) and branching ratios …

Utilizing helium ion chemistry to derive mixing ratios of heavier neutral species in Saturn's equatorial ionosphere

J Dreyer, E Vigren, FL Johansson… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A surprisingly strong influx of organic‐rich material into Saturn's upper atmosphere from its
rings was observed during the proximal obits of the Grand Finale of the Cassini mission …